August 22, 2011 at 5:00 PM - Regular

1. CONVENE IN OPEN SESSION

2. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION: Board of Trustees may go into Closed Session pursuant to Section(s) 551.071, 551.072, 551.074 and 551.087, Texas Government Code, to discuss the following:

2.A) Approval of Human Resources Recommendation(s) for School Year 2011-2012

2.B) Employee Resignation(s) for School Year 2010-2011

2.C) Employee Resignation(s) for School Year 2011-2012

2.D) Approval of Director for Payroll Department

2.E) (1)  Discuss or Deliberate Regarding Commercial or Financial Information that the District has Received From a Business Prospect that the District Seeks to Have Locate, Stay, or Expand in or Near the Territory of the District and With Which the District is Conducting Economic Development Negotiations; or

(2)  To Deliberate the Offer of a Financial or Other Incentive to a Business Prospect Described by Subdivision (1)

2.F) Pending and/or Potential Litigation

2.G) Possible Real Estate Acquisition

3. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION

4. INVOCATION

5. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

6. RECOGNITION(S)

6.A) Recognition of Regional Teacher of the Year

6.B) Recognition of McAllen ISD Teachers Who Organized Assistance to Joplin

6.C) Recognition of McAllen ISD and the Business Office by the Government Finance Officers Association

6.D) Recognition of Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc. and Shell Exploration and Production Co. for Donation of Surface Estate in 3.51 Acres

7. ACTION ON ITEM(S) IN CLOSED SESSION

7.A) Approval of Human Resources Recommendation(s) for School Year 2011-2012

7.B) Employee Resignation(s) for School Year 2010-2011

7.C) Employee Resignation(s) for School Year 2011-2012

7.D) Approval of Director for Payroll Department

7.E) (1)  Discuss or Deliberate Regarding Commercial or Financial Information that the District has Received From a Business Prospect that the District Seeks to Have Locate, Stay, or Expand in or Near the Territory of the District and With Which the District is Conducting Economic Development Negotiations; or

(2)  To Deliberate the Offer of a Financial or Other Incentive to a Business Prospect Described by Subdivision (1)

7.F) Pending and/or Potential Litigation

7.G) Possible Real Estate Acquisition

8. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT

8.A) Beginning of School Year

9. ITEM(S) PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE

9.A) Approval of Renewal of Request for Proposal No 2009-161-Self-Insured and Fully Insured Health Plan and Related Services (Business Operations Briefing Item #8A-7)

9.B) Approval of Monetary Donation to McAllen Independent School District from Wells Fargo Bank and Texas Valley Communities Foundation (TVCOF) (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C-2)

9.C) Approval of Job Description for Diagnostic Teacher for Special Education (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C-6)

9.D) Approval of Supplemental Science Material Adoption for Grades 5-8, Biology, IPC, Chemistry and Physics for the 2011-2012 School Year (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C-7)

9.E) Approval of Physical Education Programs for PE Waivers (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C-9)

10. CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S)

10.A) Approval of Continuation of Agreement for Request for Qualifications No. 2009-067 - Legal Services Re-Bid (Business Operations Briefing Item #8A-5)

10.B) Approval of Renewal of Bid No. 2008-130 - Network Cabling Services (Business Operations Briefing Item #8A-6)

10.C) Approval of Renewal of Request for Proposal No. 2008-141 - Voluntary Group Cancer/Specified Disease Insurance (Business Operations Briefing Item #8A-8)

10.D) Approval of Renewal of Basic Accident Policy Component for Request for Proposal No. 2009-159 Student Accident Insurance and Student Accident Voluntary Insurance (Business Operations Briefing Item #8A-9)

10.E) Approval of the Bus Schedules and Identified Hazardous Routes for the School Year 2011-2012 (District Operations Briefing Item #8B-4)

10.F) Approval of Final Payment to All American Security, LLC for the Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School Fire Alarm Upgrade (District Operations Briefing Item #8B-5)

10.G) Approval of Renewal of Bid No. 2009-123 - Maintenance Equipment, Parts and Supplies (District Operations Briefing Item #8B-6)

10.H) Approval of Renewal of Bid No. 2009-149 - Restaurant, Snack Bar and Related Food Products and Services  (District Operations Briefing Item #8B-7)

10.I) Approval of Bid No. 2010-110 - Lumber Products, Building Supplies and Materials (District Operations Briefing Item #8B-8)

10.J) Approval of Application for an Optional Flexible School Day Program for 2011-2012 (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C-4)

10.K) Approval of Renewal of Request for Proposal No. 2009-044 - Data Management Software Services, Training and Materials for Assessment (Instructional Service Briefing Item #8C-12)

10.L) Approval of Renewal of Sole Source No. 2009-144 - Maintenance Agreement for District-Wide Diagnostic Prescriptive Reading Labs (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C-13)

10.M) Approval of Sole Source 2011-004 - NovaNet Renewal Licenses for McAllen High School, James "Nikki" Rowe High School, McAllen Memorial High School, Lamar Academy, Instruction & Guidance Center and Evening Study Centers at Michael E.Fossum, Dorothea Brown, and William B. Travis Middle Schools (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C-14)

10.N) Approval of Region One Purchasing Cooperative General Interlocal Membership for Special Service Projects, Child Nutrition & Library Cooperatives and Reporting of Management Fees (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C-15)

10.O) Approval of Board of Education Meeting Minutes (Board of Trustees Briefing Item #8E-3)

10.O)1. Special Board Mtg.-June 6, 2011-3:30 PM

10.O)2. Regular Board Briefing Mtg.-June 6, 2011-5:00 PM

10.O)3. Board Workshop-June 6, 2011-7:30 PM

10.O)4. Special Board Mtg./Joint Meeting with STC-June 13, 2011-11:30 AM

10.O)5. Regular Board Mtg.-June 20, 2011-5:00 PM

10.O)6. Special Board Mtg.-June 20, 2011-6:30 PM

10.O)7. Board Workshop-June 20, 2011-7:30 PM

10.O)8. Special Board Mtg.-June 24, 2011-1:55 PM

10.O)9. Training Mtg.-June 24, 2011-2:00 PM

10.O)10. Special Board Mtg.-July 18, 2011-12:00 PM

11. ITEM(S) PULLED FROM BRIEFING MEETING AGENDA

11.A) Approval of Abraham Lincoln Middle School Assistant Principal(s)  (Human Resources Briefing Item #6D) (ACTION ALREADY TAKEN)

11.B) Approval of Andrew Jackson Elementary School Assistant Principal (Human Resources Briefing Item #6E) (ACTION ALREADY TAKEN)

11.C) Approval of 2011-2012 Professional Development and Appraisal System (PDAS) Calendar (Business Operations Briefing Item #8A-1) (ACTION ALREADY TAKEN)

11.D) Approval of 2011-2012 List of Certified Professional Development and Appraisal System (PDAS) Appraiser(s) (Business Operations Briefing Item #8A-2) (ACTION ALREADY TAKEN)

11.E) Approval of Job Description for Regional Day School Program for the Deaf (RDSPD) Assistant Principal (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8A-3) (ACTION ALREADY TAKEN)

11.F) Approval of the McAllen Independent School District July Budget Amendment for School Year Beginning July 1, 2011 and Ending June 30, 2012 (Business Operations Briefing Item #8A-4) (ACTION ALREADY TAKEN)

11.G) Approval of 2011-2012 Student Code of Conduct (District Operations Briefing Item #8B-1) ACTION ALREADY TAKEN

11.H) Approval of Inter-local Cooperative Agreement No. 2010-111 - Memorandum of Understanding for Hidalgo County Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP) (District Operations Briefing Item #8B-2) ACTION ALREADY TAKEN

11.I) Approval of the AST (Academic Success Transition) Program and Supplemental Teacher Job Description (District Operations Briefing Item #8B3) ACTION ALREADY TAKEN

11.J) Approval of Monetary Donation from Ben Milam Elementary PTO to Ben Milam Elementary (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C-1) ACTION ALREADY TAKEN

11.K) Approval of Memorandum of Understanding Between McAllen Independent School District and Hidalgo County Head Start for Community Based Pre-School Program for Children with Disabilities (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C3) ACTION ALREADY TAKEN

11.L) Approval of Purchase of Data Management for Assessment and Curriculum (DMAC) Online Program (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C-5) ACTION ALREADY TAKEN

11.M) Approval of Advanced Course List for UIL (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C-8) ACTION ALREADY TAKEN

11.N) Approval of Sole Source No. 2011-019 - Apple MacBooks & Software Licenses for Campus Technology Leadership Cadre through the Department of Information Resources (DIR) (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C-10) ACTION ALREADY TAKEN

11.O) Approval of Memorandum of Understanding Between McAllen Independent School District and the Advise Texas College Advising Corps and The University of Texas at Austin (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C-11) ACTION ALREADY TAKEN

11.P) Approval of Revision of Policy EI (Local): Academic Achievement - Partial Credit and Withdrawal or Late Enrollment (Second Reading) (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C16) ACTION ALREADY TAKEN

11.Q) Approval of Revision of Policy EIA (Local) Academic Achievement Grading/Progress Reports To Parents (Second Reading) (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C-17) ACTION ALREADY TAKEN

11.R) Approval to Rescind Policy EIAB (Local) Grading/Progress Reports to Parents: Makeup Work (Second Reading) (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C-18) ACTION ALREADY TAKEN

11.S) Approval of New Position of Director Curriculum Development for School Year 2011-2012 (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C-19) PULLED BY ADMINISTRATION-NO ACTION REQUIRED

11.T) Approval of Job Description and Supplemental New Positions Funded by State and Federal Programs for School Year 2011-2012 (Instructional Services Briefing Item #8C-20) ACTION ALREADY TAKEN
        -Science Lab Teacher
        -Dropout Prevention Specialist

11.U) Approval of Superintendent's Travel (Superintendent's Briefing Item #8D1) ACTION ALREADY TAKEN 

11.V) Approval of Travel for Board of Trustees (Board of Trustees Briefing Item #8E-1) ACTION ALREADY TAKEN

11.W) Appointment of Board Members to serve as Delegate and Alternate at the Annual Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Delegate Assembly Meeting (Board of Trustees Briefing Item #8E-2) ACTION ALREADY TAKEN

12. ITEM(S) NOT INCLUDED ON AUGUST 8, 2011 REGULAR BOARD BRIEFING MEETING AGENDA

12.A) Acceptance of Donation and Approval of Special Warranty Deed from Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc. to Surface Estate of 3.51 Acres Being a Portion of McAllen Memorial High School Baseball and Softball Fields

12.B) Acceptance and Approval of Donation from Sylvan Learning to McAllen High School, James "Nikki" Rowe High School, Lamar Academy, and Achieve Early College High School

12.C) Rescind Action of August 8, 2011 Regarding Appointment of Board Member to serve as Alternate at TASB Delegate Assembly Meeting and Re-Appoint Board Member to Serve as Alternate at TASB Delegate Assembly Meeting

12.D) Discussion Regarding Hiring of Internal Auditor

13. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE MEETINGS

13.A) September 12, 2011-Special Mtg.-1:00 p.m.-Board Room

13.B) September 12, 2011-Regular Board Briefing Mtg.-5:00 p.m.-Board Room

14. CLOSED SESSION: The Board of Trustees may reconvene in Closed Session for further discussion regarding the agenda item(s) listed.

15. OPEN SESSION: The Board of Trustees may reconvene into Open Session for discussion regarding the agenda item(s) listed.

16. ADJOURNMENT